52.1% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burwood East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burwood East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Burwood East, representing 30.4% of the population. This is a highly diverse area where over half the residents were born outside Australia, a figure that has continued to climb over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with those of Chinese descent, many people here identify with English (16.2%), Australian (14.1%), Greek (9.4%) and Indian (5.7%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of residents—52.1%—were born overseas, which is far above the 30% seen across Victoria. This figure rose 6 percentage points since 2011, with China (16.2%) and India (5%) being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Burwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031166/burwood-east/topic/ancestry-heritage